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And they called upon the Lord, that he would look upon the people that was trodden down of all; and also pity the temple profaned of ungodly men; (2 Maccabees 8, 2)
So Maccabeus called his men together unto the number of six thousand, and exhorted them not to be stricken with terror of the enemy, nor to fear the great multitude of the heathen, who came wrongly against them; but to fight manfully, (2 Maccabees 8, 16)
And to set before their eyes the injury that they had unjustly done to the holy place, and the cruel handling of the city, whereof they made a mockery, and also the taking away of the government of their forefathers: (2 Maccabees 8, 17)
And joined with himself his own brethren, leaders of each band, to wit Simon, and Joseph, and Jonathan, giving each one fifteen hundred men. (2 Maccabees 8, 22)
Then swelling with anger. he thought to avenge upon the Jews the disgrace done unto him by those that made him flee. Therefore commanded he his chariotman to drive without ceasing, and to dispatch the journey, the judgment of GOd now following him. For he had spoken proudly in this sort, That he would come to Jerusalem and make it a common burying place of the Jew s. (2 Maccabees 9, 4)
But the Lord Almighty, the God of Isreal, smote him with an incurable and invisible plague: or as soon as he had spoken these words, a pain of the bowels that was remediless came upon him, and sore torments of the inner parts; (2 Maccabees 9, 5)
And that most justly: for he had tormented other men's bowels with many and strange torments. (2 Maccabees 9, 6)
Here therefore, being plagued, he began to leave off his great pride, and to come to the knowledge of himself by the scourge of God, his pain increasing every moment. (2 Maccabees 9, 11)
But for all this his pains would not cease: for the just judgment of God was come upon him: therefore despairing of his health, he wrote unto the Jews the letter underwritten, containing the form of a supplication, after this manner: (2 Maccabees 9, 18)
If ye and your children fare well, and your affairs be to your contentment, I give very great thanks to God, having my hope in heaven. (2 Maccabees 9, 20)
Again, considering how that the princes that are borderers and neighbours unto my kingdom wait for opportunities, and expect what shall be the event. I have appointed my son Antiochus king, whom I often committed and commended unto many of you, when I went up into the high provinces; to whom I have written as followeth: (2 Maccabees 9, 25)
Thus the murderer and blasphemer having suffered most grievously, as he entreated other men, so died he a miserable death in a strange country in the mountains. (2 Maccabees 9, 28)
